Could it be her hypocrisy? Or the fact that she appears to be dim when she has to think all by herself? Or maybe it's her covert racist smears that turns people off? Love the heels, though.
Politico: According to an analysis released Tuesday of the 2008 women’s vote, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s impact on the presidential campaign is “settling out” and has not enabled John McCain to shrink the traditional gender gap favoring Democrats.
“The affect of Sarah Palin is not one that has been long lasting in terms of shifting the dynamics of the gender gap,” said Susan J. Carroll, a political science professor at Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, in a conference call for Women’s Vote Watch.
Women's Vote Watch is a joint effort between CAWP and the Communications Consortium Media Center, a public interest group, which analyzes polling data related to the women's vote.
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But Obama has since regained his lead with white women in most polls.
And Obama now leads among all women voters “despite all the talk of disaffected Hillary Clinton voters and the fact that Sarah Palin might pull some women voters from the Republican ticket to the Democratic ticket,” Carroll said.
The shift back toward Obama reflects that “the gender gap is not about the gender of the candidate, it’s about the issues,” said Debbie Walsh, CAWP’s director.
